the National Union ticket for VP with Lincoln. This was the R party’s attempt for a big tent during the civil war. If that made him a R, then he was impeached by his own party. However, he fought with the R’s over his entire presidency, and didn’t consider himself to be one. He governed as a D. Every D voted for his acquittal while most R’s voted to remove.
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